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+#require test-repo pylint hg10
+
+Run pylint for known rules we care about.
+-----------------------------------------
+
+There should be no recorded failures; fix the codebase before introducing a
+new check.
+
+Current checks:
+- W0102: no mutable default argument
+- C0321: more than one statement on a single line
+
+Unique to hg-git:
+- W1401: anomalous backslash in string
+- W1402: anomalous unicode escape in string
+
+  $ touch $TESTTMP/fakerc
+  $ $PYTHON -m pylint --rcfile=$TESTTMP/fakerc --disable=all \
+  >   --enable=W0102,C0321,W1401,W1402 \
+  >   --reports=no \
+  >   $TESTDIR/../hggit | sed 's/\r$//'
+  Using config file *fakerc (glob) (?)
+   (?)
+  ------------------------------------* (glob) (?)
+  Your code has been rated at 10.00/10* (glob) (?)
+   (?)